Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Kisses

 "Kiss 103.7" WAKS - Cape Coral, Florida

 "108 Kiss FM" KAKS - Canyon/Amarillo, Texas

 "Kiss 102" WCKZ - Gastonia/Charlotte, North Carolina




"97.9 Kiss Country" KISZ - Cortez, Colorado.  Also heard on 99.3 FM K257DQ - Farmington, New Mexico.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Catholic Radios

1230 AM WMQU (W Mary, Queen of the Universe) - Grayling, Michigan


1620 AM KSMH - West Sacramento, California

1270 AM KTFI - Twin Falls, Idaho

Radio Maria 1600 AM WULM - Springfield, Ohio

Monday, October 2, 2017

KOTR

A sticker circa 2000 from "K-Otter 94.9" KOTR licensed to Cambria, California.  They carried an Adult Album Alternative format and were on the air from 1984 until they were sold in 2004.  I'm guessing that the "K-Otter" logo is upside down because real otters float around (and even sleep) on their backs.

Sunday, October 1, 2017

KGLL

96.1 KGLL was a Country station licensed to Greeley, Colorado from 1991 until 2000.

Saturday, September 30, 2017

KASR

680 AM KASR was the campus radio station of Arizona State University.  Broadcasting Yearbooks from that time don't include KASR as they were probably an unlicensed carrier current station.  The video below are local news reports about a 63-hour Thanksgiving holiday marathon airshift by two KASR DJs in 1987.

Friday, September 29, 2017

South Dakota Public Radio

South Dakota Public Radio is a network of about 20 stations and translators covering most of the state with a mix of NPR and other public radio talk shows as well as locally produced programming.  The flagship station is 89.7 FM KUSD licensed to Vermilion, SD which went on the air in May, 1922.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

CKNW










AM 980 CKNW is a News/Talk station in Vancouver, British Columbia.  They went on the air at their original dial position of 1230 AM in August, 1944.  The 50,000-watt station airs call-in shows with mostly Vancouver-based hosts.  CKNW carried Vancouver Canucks hockey games every season from 1970 until 2006 when they moved to 1040 CKST.
Current CKNW program director Larry Gifford hosts an excellent radio-centric podcast for people in the industry as well as radio geeks like me.  Take a listen to the Radio Stuff Podcast here.



Wednesday, September 27, 2017

WQRK

104.5 WQRK was on the air in Norfolk, Virginia from 1973 to 1981 and had multiple formats including Adult Contemporary, Rock and Top-40.  Anybody know what format they had when branded as "QFM"?

Monday, September 25, 2017

CKKO

"K96.3" CKKO plays Classic Rock in Kelowna, British Columbia.  They went on the air in November, 2008.

Sunday, September 24, 2017

WCMF





96.5 WCMF is a Classic Rock station in Rochester, New York.  Their roots go back to at least the early 1970s when they were a Freeform Rock station.  At one time they had a split format with R&B from 6AM to 3PM and "underground" rock from 3 until sign off at midnight.

Saturday, September 23, 2017

More Stars


 KCKC "Star 102" - Kansas City, Missouri

CKLF "Star 94.7" - Brandon, Manitoba

KJSR "Star 103" - Tulsa, Oklahoma



WKCG "Star 101.3" - Augusta, Maine

Friday, September 22, 2017

WPMR

A t-shirt from Rock station WPMR (W Pocono Mountain Radio) licensed to Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania circa the early 1990s.

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Lites

There are (way too) many "Lite FM" stations in North America, almost all of which are Adult Contemporary outlets.  Not sure why everybody spells it "Lite" instead of "Light".  The only exception I've ever seen is CHRE "Light 105.7 Niagara's Light Rock" in St. Catharines, Ontario.  "Light" or "The Light" stations are almost exclusively Religious stations. 

WLIF "Lite 102" - Baltimore, Maryland

"Lite 100.5" WRCH - New Britain, Connecticut

"Lite 102" WJLT - Crozet/Charlottesville, Virginia

"Lite 92.9" CFLT - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

WEBJ

A magnet from News/Talk 1240 AM WEBJ in Brewton, Alabama.  They went on the air in August, 1947.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Couleur 3






Couleur 3 is a public radio station based in Lausanne in French-speaking Switzerland.  They went on the air in 1983 and mostly specialize in pop music, hip-hop, reggae and techno.